{"id":40328,"date":"2026-08-12T07:34:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T02:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=40328"},"modified":"2026-08-12T07:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T02:34:43","slug":"greek-star-tentoglou-wins-fourth-consecutive-long-jump-title-at-european-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=40328","title":{"rendered":"Greek star Tentoglou wins fourth consecutive long jump title at European championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2026\/08\/11\/APTOPIX_Britain_European_Championships_Athletics_83131_s1440x960.jpg?f72536d07237fdd262042ae8f5e6e6de3b865f3c\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>BIRMINGHAM, England \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/miltiadis-tentoglou\/\">Miltiadis Tentoglou<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/greece\/\">Greece<\/a> overcame windy conditions to win his fourth consecutive long jump title at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/european-championships\/\">European championships<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time Olympic champion\u2019s mark of 8.44 meters on his fourth attempt was good enough for gold at Alexander Stadium on Day 2 of the continental track-and-field competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was one of the hardest finals I have ever done,\u201d the 28-year-old Tentoglou said. \u201cI am good in all conditions but this wind was so hard on us long jumpers. It was changing all the time and always negative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Switzerland\u2019s Simon Ehammer (8.29 meters) took silver in Tuesday\u2019s final, and Bozhidar Sar\u00e2boyukov (8.26 meters) of Bulgaria was third.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEhammer is a very strong guy and he was kind of OK with it. But for the other jumpers and me, it was incredibly difficult,\u201d Tentoglou said. \u201cI had to try so hard for this 8.44m jump. It is nothing for me usually but today it was so hard to do. This was not just a regular 8.40m jump for me. It was big jump. So I appreciate it a lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one of my most precious victories because it is also a complex season for me. This is the start of winning golds again.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/multimedia\/collection\/greek-star-tentoglou-wins-fourth-2026-08\/\" target=\"_blank\">PHOTOS: Greek star Tentoglou wins fourth consecutive long jump title at European championships<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"\/>\n<p>At the 2024 Paris Games, Tentoglou became just the second man &#8211; Carl Lewis is the other &#8211; to win two consecutive Olympic long jump titles.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<\/aside>\n<h3>1-2 finish for Britain in men\u2019s 100<\/h3>\n<p>Britain\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/romell-glave\/\">Romell Glave<\/a> won gold and teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/jeremiah-azu\/\">Jeremiah Azu<\/a> took silver in the final of the men\u2019s 100 meters.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old Glave improved on his bronze in Rome two years ago by finishing first in 10.09 seconds. Azu crossed in 10.16. Owen Ansah (10.19) of Germany was third.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing feeling. The work I\u2019ve put in to reach this point was a lot,\u201d Glave said. \u201cMe and my coach have been working on the first 30 metes. It paid off and it\u2019s amazing to upgrade my bronze from 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It came a night after Amy Hunt won gold for Britain in the women\u2019s 100.<\/p>\n<p>Two-time defending champion Marcell Jacobs pulled up halfway through Tuesday\u2019s final with an apparent leg injury before jogging across the line. Jacobs won gold in the 100 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n<h3>Photo finish in women\u2019s 100 hurdles<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/nadine-visser\/\">Nadine Visser<\/a> of the Netherlands secured her first major outdoor title by winning the women\u2019s 100 meter hurdles &#8211; barely.<\/p>\n<p>Visser crossed the line in 12.668 seconds to win by one-thousandth of a second over Poland\u2019s Pia Skrzyszowska, the 2022 champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a real relief, honestly. It still hasn\u2019t sunk in completely. This is the medal I\u2019ve wanted for a very long time,\u201d the 31-year-old Visser said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinning by a thousandth, this was unnecessary. I\u2019m a really big perfectionist, always thinking about things that could have gone better. Waiting for the photo finish, I wasn\u2019t really thinking about whether I would get the gold medal or not, I just felt this wasn\u2019t the perfect race,\u201d she added. \u201cIn the end it doesn\u2019t matter because it was enough. I am so happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                        <a name=\"pagebreak\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Laeticia Bapt\u00e9 (12.73) of France was third.<\/p>\n<div class=\"permission\" style=\"padding-top: 25px;\">\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 The Washington Times, LLC.\n                        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIRMINGHAM, England \u2014 Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece overcame windy conditions to win his fourth consecutive long jump title at the European championships on Tuesday. The two-time Olympic champion\u2019s mark of 8.44 meters on his fourth attempt was good enough for gold at Alexander Stadium on Day 2 of the continental track-and-field competition. \u201cThis was one&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2026\/08\/11\/APTOPIX_Britain_European_Championships_Athletics_83131_c0-360-8640-5400_s1200x700.jpg?e5529ed7d93258f12cf7b2259d397368871d9cb1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}